M4.5 earthquake 96 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 96 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga on Thu, Jan 24, 2019, 11:01 PM GMT+14 (09:01 UTC), 72 km (45 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 79 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-24 09:01:59 UTC
- Depth
- 72.0 km (44.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.715° S, 173.358° W
- Region
- Tonga
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 10.0 km horizontally, 13.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 127°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.977 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 2803 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.379 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2795 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.699 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 2790 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.557 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2760 days ago · 100 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.0123 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2746 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jeb3. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 12:55 AM UTC.